| Omar the Tentmaker | |
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| Directed by | James Young |
| Written by | Richard Walton Tully (adaptation) |
| Based on | Omar the Tentmaker (1914 play) by Richard Walton Tully |
| Produced by | Richard Walton Tully[1] |
| Starring | Guy Bates Post Virginia Browne Faire Boris Karloff Noah Beery Patsy Ruth Miller |
| Cinematography | Georges Benoît |
Production company | Richard Walton Tully Productions |
| Distributed by | Associated First National Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes (8 reels; 8,090 feet)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Omar the Tentmaker is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by James Young and featuring Guy Bates Post, Nigel de Brulier, Virginia Brown Faire, Noah Beery Sr., Patsy Ruth Miller, and Boris Karloff.[2] It was produced and adapted by Richard Walton Tully from his own 1914 Broadway play Omar the Tentmaker.[1] The film's tagline was "Would You Know How Omar Loved? Would you sweep 1,000 years aside to find Shireen, the Persian Rose, who wed Omar and awoke in the harem of the Shah?" (Print Ad in the Albuquerque Herald, (Albuquerque NM)) 24 May 1923). The film is considered a lost film.[2]
- ^ a b c Omar the Tentmaker at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: Omar the Tentmaker". Silent Era. Retrieved April 8, 2008.